Public Hearing for Bayview/Hunters Point Redevelopment - March 7th

There is a notice in today's Chronicle (Page C6, bottom right) about the Redevelopment Agency Commission holding a public hearing on Tuesday, March 7th at 4:00PM in City Hall, Room 416, "to consider the proposed Redevelopment Plan Amendment for the Hunters Point Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment Plan Amendment") and to consider all evidence and testimony for or against the approval of the proposed Redevelopment Plan Amendment"

This is a significant change in the area that was sought to be redeveloped, adding 1361 acres to an already-approved 137 acre area.

There is more information about the Redevelopment Agency's plans on the SFGOV.org web site, including a map of the two areas.

Unfortunately, there's no direct link to the public notice in the Chronicle, but it can be found in Classifieds>Public Notices.

More from the notice: "The Redevelopment Plan Amendment will allow the Agency to, among other things:

1) assist in the revitalization of those portions of the Bayview Hunters Point community affected by physical and economic blighting conditions, including areas along Third Street, through promoting and participating in sensitive urban infill and rehabilitation projects and programs that capitalize on existing assets;

2) provide for the development of extremely low-, very-low and moderate-income affordable homeownership and rental housing units and directly assist with the preservation and rehabilitation of existing housing units;

3) facilitate the creation of a more vibrant and balanced mixed-use commercial district and enhanced commercial-industrial areas, through assisting local entrepreneurship, small business development and workforce development;

4) improve the existing public infrastructure, including streetscapes and other public spaces;

and 5) encourage the provision of balanced transportation and parking options, including improved access for transit, pedestrians and bicycles."

"Interested persons may inspect and, upon payment of the costs of reproduction, obtain copies of the text of the proposed Redevelopment Plan Amendment, the Report on the Redevelopment Plan Amendment, and other information pertaining to the proposed Redevelopment Plan Amendment at the office of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, One South Van Ness Avenue, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California. A more detailed map of Project Area B showing the parcels affected by the Redevelopment Plan Amendment and a copy of the legal description of the boundaries of the proposed Project Area are available free of charge upon request. For information, contact Stan Muraoka, Bayview Hunters Point Project Manager, at (415) 749-2577 or Stanley.Muraoka@sfgov.org. DATED: February 3, 2006 /S/ Erwin R. Tanjuaquio Erwin R. Tanjuaquio, Agency Secretary"

If you care about the future of this neighborhood, March 7th is the time to make your voice heard. If you don't speak up now, know that decisions are being made that will affect that area indefinitely. I offer no opinion about this plan, or whether I feel it's a good or bad change to the existing neighborhood, but I'm sure there are many out there who feel strongly in one direction or the other.